Belrain

Meuse · CC de l'Aire à l'Argonne · INSEE 55044

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 11/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 55 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Belrain (INSEE 55044) is in Meuse (55), part of CC de l'Aire à l'Argonne. Population 41 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/55044-belrain

Vitality score

Vitality score 11/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 55 % of the 3,513 communes of a similar size.

Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.

Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.

Component	Value (0–1)	Weight	Contribution
Daily food	0	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.64	10	6.39
Housing mix	0.58	5	2.92

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 0 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 54 2023: 41 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 40 (2012) → 41 (2023): 2.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 36 (1990) → 41 (2023): 13.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 24, of which 20.8 % second homes and 4.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 2.5 km EGP — 4.3 km NEPrimary school — 4.4 km NEBakery — 8.5 km SWPharmacy — 13.9 km SW Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Vavincourt): 8.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Villotte-sur-Aire): 2.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Pierrefitte-sur-Aire): 4.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Bar-le-Duc): 13.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Pierrefitte-sur-Aire): 4.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.5

Days at or below 0 °C 77.7

Muggy days a summer 0.7

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 78 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the CHAUMONT - SA weather station, 8 km away at 240 m; the village itself is at 277 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at CHAUMONT - SA, 8 km away at 240 m, over 11 summers. ^[12]

An average of 1,088 mm of rain a year, spread over 142 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at SEIGNEULLES, 5.2 km away at 275 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55044/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55044/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55044/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55044/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 55541
INSEE BPE 2025 — 55570
INSEE BPE 2025 — 55404
INSEE BPE 2025 — 55029
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

Villages like this one

Matched on size, density, second homes and which everyday shops and services are present — not on the score, so a village of the same kind that is doing better or worse shows up rather than being hidden.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Boussès	47	659 km SW	41	8.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 61 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Pierremont	02	141 km NW	41	5.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Dompierre-aux-Bois	55	25 km NE	39	6.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Fouchécourt	88	103 km SE	40	3.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Omicourt	08	92 km N	42	15.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Antras	32	682 km SW	40	7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 54 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Dompierre-aux-Bois	55	25 km NE	39	6.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Omicourt	08	92 km N	42	15.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Fouchécourt	88	103 km SE	40	3.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierremont	02	141 km NW	41	5.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Boussès	47	659 km SW	41	8.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 61 % · humidity 64 %
Antras	32	682 km SW	40	7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 54 % · humidity 57 %

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…and in much the same climate

The same match on size and services, narrowed to communes whose summers, winters and summer humidity are all close to Belrain's. All three are required, so this section is absent for the 11.8 % of communes with no humidity station near enough to measure: two temperature axes alone cannot tell a muggy coast from a dry one.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bouzemont	88	97 km SE	44	14.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Flassigny	55	68 km N	43	9.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Vougrey	10	117 km SW	39	8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Coiserette	39	283 km S	42	6.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Rouvroy-sur-Serre	02	126 km NW	45	4.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Malaincourt-sur-Meuse	52	82 km S	47	5.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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